One is only free to do "as he pleases" in as much as he commits no crimes and respects the rights of others. The crimes aspect being in the context of a system of justice.

The machinations of governmental bureaucracy are psychopathic. (as are some of the people working for it.)

Thanks Cal.

Supports the idea that we must be vigilant of our natural Liberty in the face of man made tyranny. The Liberty Tree must occasioanlly be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots. (G. Washington?)

Liberty is as natural as the Sun. Tyranny and control are man made and evil in nature.

There's no accountibility Waffler. Only a moron could think that's a good system.

Washington DC is crime central Waffler. Home of the New World Order Anti American Movement...to which you obviously subscribe wholesale. DC is where they are putting patriots of all kinds...little old ladies who own a pistol, veterans returning from overseas, 2nd Amendment advocates, States rights advocates...on watch lists as possible terrorists. And you say this is where freedom and liberty come from. Good Lord but you are brainwashed. Wake up and smell the coffee man, your hero is out to destroy us.

Waffler...Responsibility to a system of morality and justice. Did you eat some "Stupid Flakes" this morning? My Lord but you are unusually obtuse.

Freedom is the ability to achieve excellence without being robbed or coreced Waffler. It comes with responsibility for your own actions and respect for the rights of others to do the same. Simple enough?

In 1913 the most corrupt system of "taxation" (read extortion) was brought in to rob the citizens of the US of their hard earned wealth and give it to a group of thieving international bankers, Mr. Waffler...Where ya been?

Mike, Waffler is a communist and the only purpose he serves is to be a sounding board for presenting Freedom, Truth and the American way...as opposed to his more Stalinist views on how to "control" society. He would see us all as subservient sheep and America destroyed and that is why he and his kind are the enemy. In Liberty, J.

A moral conscience should be our guideline. Back that with a system of justice and that should be all we need. Too bad we're stuck with a system of Laws though and children are taught dependence in school. America was the best in the world at this until 1913.

Or, as we Libertarians like to say ~ Personal Freedom and Individual Responsibility. Neither works without the other.

Waffler...what we need according to you is a "King", an absolute ruler of the land. I'm guessing that like Hillary you just assume people are bad and need to be ruled. I disagree. Sorry but freedom is freedom, and you're splitting hairs as usual.

Could it be any plainer?

Yes freedom will return. And end to foreign aggression and manipulation as prescribed in the Constitution will be a necessary aspect of our freedom. An end to federal / banking / corporate cronyism will be a big part of returning to freedom and peace. Vote them all out, it's time to start over.

Too right Jim K. It was a Nationalist Power Grab in a socially bullet proof vehicle. One might say it was the first great exercise in American political correctness. Like all such actions, it had a (not so) hidden agenda.

Waffler the only reason we appreciate you being here is that you demonstrate fully what a trained statist looks like and give us a platform from which all statists can be identified as foolish and misguided. Thanks, and have a nice day of being a sycophant.

Waffler you are a delusional human being and I feel sorry for you. You're obviously suffering very badly from Stockholm syndrome.

This describes today's "progressives" very well. Both the Republican and Democrat kind seem to believe that the answer to all problems lies in more government. So rooted in "Stockholm syndrome" are they that they can't see the simple view that government is and always was the root of all the problems they claim to solve. Limited government is the answer. Time to put them back on a very short leash.

Ironic. Kind of like politicians telling you it's raining while they're peeing on your boot. Or telling you that the planet is warming while you're trying to shovel 3 feet of snow out of your driveway...in Tulsa.

Thatcher also said:"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" ...and that's where we are now after many administrations have had their way with American Freedom. It's time to clean house folks. Vote them all out in November.

Without a doubt the first peopleto call themselves "Americans" earned the right to do so and paid for it in blood. They gave us the blue pront for a free and liberated society. Our task has been to expand the concept to include all Americans. Sadly though, with the backing and influence of International Bankers (The Fed et al) we have made only marginal progress. And rather than expanding rights for all, we have subjugated all in an equal fashion. More overall Liberty? Maybe. More compliance than ever before in American history? Certainly. The problem is a system perverted by crony capitalism and politicians who represent the elite to us and hand down policy as dictated by would be tyrants. Time once again to water the Liberty Tree.

"man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life" ~ Indeed. Prepare for the inevitable if the Progressives and their UN buddies keep doing what it is they are trying to do..."To us"

I'd like to complement Benjamin Franklin's quote with another by one of his contemporaries ~ “Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say 'what should be the reward of such sacrifices?' Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth? If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!” ~ Samuel Adams quote